[iOS] YouTube Premium Monthly: Single INR₹195 (~A$3.55), Family INR₹389 (~A$7.09) @ Apple App (Req India Apple ID & Amazon)

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Apple India ID required. Buy gift cards from Amazon India

  1. Set up an Indian Apple ID using your AU mobile number to verify.

  2. Login into an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, using an Indian Apple ID by going to settings > Your name > Media and purchases.

  3. Buy Apple gift cards from Amazon India using your AU amazon account. Enter an Indian address (make sure indian address is selected) and use an international fee free card. Then load gift cards to your Apple ID.

  4. Open up Youtube app - head to account (right bottom corner) > settings (right top corner gear icon) > purchases and memberships

  5. Choose a plan of your liking

Set up google family before signing up to family account https://families.google/families/

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Comments

  • no indian issued card needed?

    • don't need

    • +1

      I use revolut and wise.

      • Hi @Pricebeat will that count as Indian credit card? cause I've got the email that I need to use India issued credit card

        • Are you currently paying using Apple India gift cards? or did you sign up using VPN on youtube direct?

          These don't count as India issued cards.

          • @Pricebeat: Thanks, I'm using the VPN on youtube direct, they gave me the notice to change my payment by 5th of December, so I'm waiting to see what will happen :)

            • @NTS83: Yep, all that is coming to an end sooner or later. Using Apple gift cards is the way for now.

              • @Pricebeat: It seems the weak link in this chain is using an AU mobile number.

                I'm in the huge group of current users coming to an end, so I'll try any new method. YouTube Music has been amazing for my family. Revanced isn't the only answer

        • Yeah it will. Indian Apple Gift Cards is a local payment method!

  • Does the google account need to be set to India as well for this to work?

    • Following

    • +1

      I use my Australian account. Only reason you would set up new account is, if you want to keep your primary account separate from these activities.

      • +2

        I've started doing more & more splitting, over the last few years. Billions of us being naive, with how much we merge ALL of our activities into one "free" email address that's become the key to our online identity.

        Forget the tinfoil stuff, just the fact if that email goes wonky, out life gets instantly REAL complicated.

        • I've enjoyed moving to alias email addresses using fastmail. While it isn't a free option I can see exactly what companies are selling my data and easily nuke any compromised email alias to avoid spam.

  • +2

    If you encounter errors while creating an India Apple ID, try creating the india account on https://music.apple.com/. Click on the red "Sign In" button in the top right corner.

    • -3

      why did this get devoted?

      • +17

        Because this is OzBargain and we're here to share deals with each other, not gate keep deals from others so individuals can reap the rewards. If something gets shut because of a loop hole, that is on the company and not the individual sharing.

        • -6

          Just treat it like fight club.

          Get your deal but keep it quiet

          • @motion2082: Thats so ironic, with you being here looking for deals

    • +6

      This technique is widely known and has likely millions of views on similar threads on places like reddit
      I doubt this post would be the threshold/tipping point to make Google close it down.

    • That’s the whole point of this website: to share good deals with each other.

  • +3

    I ask my cousin in India to login to my google account, signup/renew every year. Have been using from last 5 years. 😊

    • +8

      Can you post a deal on indian cousins then?

  • -3

    Think I'll just pay the $17 per month. As much as it pains me to do so. I use it enough to justify it.

    • +4

      Translation: I'm on OzB but happy with RRP. Thought I'd let you know.

    • +1

      Ouch….. compared to this deal you are paying $120 a year more. I'd rather that in my bank account than in Googles hands.

  • +1

    YT Premium family subscription on iOS app costs ₹389, on browser or android devices it is ₹299. Individual Plan is ₹195 on iOS app and ₹149 elsewhere. Any workarounds to get it cheaper without having to use the app? I have my Indian address, Credit Card however when trying the browser, I get ip recognised and doesn't let me complete the purchase in Rupees.

    • +3

      Amazon India sells Google India gift cards. Try your luck with a new google account and use gift cards from Amazon India. Method will be similar but on Android.

      • Excellent tip! I'll be using this soon.

        • +1

          Let me know how you go. It has been in plans for me to make it work and post here. But I don't have an Android device

    • +1

      The price difference you’re describing is negligible. Your time is worth more than going down this rabbit hole (I would hope). Enjoy the already amazing discount / deal and call it a day

      • It's a 23% discount… Or $1.64 AUD

      • I'm looking at it a bit differently, in addition to being cheaper it may also be a solution for me.

        I, quite happily, do not own any apple device and all these recent deals seem to require it.

        I haven't scrutinised every little detail to see if there is already a work around but seems some people are testing it.

        • Also keen for and Android method. Steve Jobs can suck it

        • quite happily

          Good to know.

  • Do we nee vpn to use YouTube premium for it

  • I'm doing this for the first time.

    When I try to set up the family account I am directed to the app store to enter an address but tapping on select state causes the form to disappear. How did everyone else get through this?

    • Try on a non Apple device, like a laptop. I did all that on a desktop and then signed in.

  • I purchased Apple gift card India using Australian Address. It worked.

  • So cheap!

  • Is this possible to do without an apple device through the apple website? I have all android

  • Is it possible that Google could ban your Gmail account if it finds you in breach of ToS?

    • IMHO they want your money than banning you. The little money you benefit from this is probably not worth them heavily handle the situation

      Can always create a separate gmail accounts

  • Wondering on community knowledge/opinion on other services to be run from Indian Apple ID balance? Netflix, Microsoft 365, google drive, Disney etc? The nice thing you can preload balance for years.

    • Some / most are cheaper via Turkiye account. You will have to compare between both. Unless you don't mind a bit of difference for convenience.

      See this link for Apple India deals.

      • Thanks for the link.

        I liked the Indian Apple GC purchase experience from Amazon India. Safe and usual experience, so I wanted more :D

        Sad Amazon Turkey doesn’t have Apple GCs.

  • I'm in an infinite loop when trying to log into my new apple account on iphone where it wants me to 2FA and use my phone number - I enter the verification code via email and loop continues over and over. Anyone resolved this?

    • Had the same. Created secondary local acc on my MacBook and when in that account logged in full ICloud login, it requires few more details entered and you’ll be fine on iOS. I also logged in in App Store on that Mac account and redeemed GC there.

  • Excellent post op

  • I've got 500 Turkisk lira to get through first. I'll try this in a few months.

  • so this is the same as the Turkish method just cheaper?

  • Didn’t work for me.

    Register India account at apple music and it didn’t ask for mobile. Tried to login on iOS and it asked for mobile verification. Tried different mobile number and apple said it encountered error. Tried multiple times.

    • Are you still logged in on Apple music page where you created account? Try to edit settings and see if you can enter a mobile number there. I am surprised they let you create account without a number.

      • Now it’s working. Thanks

        I tried to login with another apple device, it worked this time. Cancelled my current membership and resubscribed through apple.

  • having trouble creating an indian address ass the phone number entered keeps getting rejected

  • Thanks. I just followed the instructions, and it worked for me.

  • Is there a way to do this from Australia if you have an indian debit card? I tried a few VPNs and couldn't get INR to show up in the subscription page… Has anyone had better luck?

    • You will have to set up an Indian payment profile on Google Payments page. Remove Australian payment profile.

      • Thanks! Do you think i will still need vpn afterwards to pay in indian rupees?

  • Found this method in the comments of a previous deal a while back, has been working well, but it seems that with popularity comes crack downs. Will see how much longer it lasts for now. No ill will to OP though.

  • Set up an Indian Apple ID(account.apple.com) using your AU mobile number to verify.

    I’m getting the error message:

    Your account cannot be created at this time.

    Any clues? New email but existing mobile number has to do with it?

    • What device are you using?

      • Safari on iPhone

        • +1

          Try another device I guess, especially a laptop or macbook. Also another user above mentioned going via https://music.apple.com/

          • @Pricebeat: I’ll dig out a formatted old iPhone and try. Or a pc when I’m near one.

    • +1

      I had same error multiple times on an iPhone. Switched to an old ipad, worked for me.

  • +2

    I knew we were on the verge of getting this deal happening.
    Well done and thanks OP

  • I can’t make an Apple ID with my AU number, tried 2 different numbers (which are already linked to an AU account) can I simply change the region of my Apple ID?

    • There is no issue in using the same number. What error are you getting?

      If you change your region on Apple ID, your App store will also change to Indian region and there are some Australian apps that are not available there. Moreover, you would not be able to revert back to Australia with an active subscription.

  • Done and worked easily. Thanks for the share!!

    Used an ipad to sign into appleID and youtube and an Android for the rest.

  • I'm having issues with making the email, it keeps saying "Email Error: Cannot Verify Email Address" even if add a pre-existing one or a brand new email. Should it be icloud specific or any gmail account works?

    • +1

      Any email including gmail should work. Try creating on a different device or clear your browser cookies and history.

      • Amazing thank you!

  • Anyone here can be a doll and make a family YT group?
    I’d be up to join in

  • Do you get Indian music recommendations in YouTube music?

    • Yeah, I was getting Brett Lees Indian songs.

  • Thanks for this. Found an old iphone, so setting it up.
    Before I add any money to the indian apple account, will it need a credit card?
    My kids have apple accounts with app credit, but they still can't buy anything until they enter a valid credit card or paypal account!!?
    Is it differnet with an indian apple account?

    Also, if the new account is an Indian one, it can't join a local family in Aus ??

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